Now that we're getting into the second half of August, it's the the time of year when we really start to monitor the far eastern Atlantic for budding tropical waves that could potentially develop into tropical storms or hurricanes.

Now that we're getting into the second half of August, it's the the time of year when we really start to monitor the far eastern Atlantic for budding tropical waves that could potentially develop into tropical storms or hurricanes.

Someone from the city said engineers are aware of the problem and that they're working on this and other damaged drains, but Kathy Corbitt says quicker action is needed.

"It needs to get fixed before somebody gets hurt," she said. "I think it's probably about four months. It just cracked it's so old I think."

Corbitt says kids from the neighborhood play around the drain before and after school. Neighbors say a crew from the city came by once and put tape up, but then never came back.

"That's a lot of concrete that could really fall on somebody and heard them," she said. "They're just having fun but they don't know how dangerous it is."

Another nearby resident, Judy Mankowski, agreed.

"They came and put the red tape all around it so I zoomed there was some danger or they wouldn't have done," she said. "Then I waited to see what they were going to do about it, but no one's ever come and now the tapes all falling in and it looks like the drain covers falling in."

NBC2 reached out to the utility and storm water department for comment, but has received no response.